No pride parade can begin without the opening of the Dykes on Bikes, and we certainly have a very rich and varied contingent of dykes here in Seattle with very awesome bikes. The bikes make a wide circle, 2 blocks long, before moving ahead, snaking along the route. In most municipal parades you hear the sirens of an emergency vehicle leading the way, but in a pride parade you hear the thunderous rumble of a hundred Harleys roaring from a mile away!